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Well shot, great performances, good action and funny beats. I really liked it.
So why as soon as i got in my car was I utterly at a loss on why this should be watched. It is market demand formulated into film. Nostalgia manipulated into box office £££ and then sold as being created from 'love'. There needs to be a word for when youre enjoying something but aware that your enjoyment is the neurones in your…
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Zola is an incredibly achievement of almost Gonzo journalism for the media age and the greatest example of a smart film acting dumb since ‘Uncut Gems’. Behind all the excessive smut, crime and violence is a film with one of freshest and perceptive insights into the late stage capitalist world we live in. And yes, I’m aware I’m starting this review like I’m writing a Freshman thesis paper after but hear me out; I won’t…
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Late into the night, private investigator Phillip Marlowe is visited by his close friend Terry who needs a lift across the border, Phillip obliges. The very next day Terry’s wife is found dead - and soon Terry himself turns up as the victim of an apparent suicide. What follows is Philip’s rambling exploration for the truth in the labyrinth of Los Angeles.
The toxic underbelly of California in the film is more than just smog…
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Beautiful eye popping colours, a psychadelically rich score and some of the most vivid scenes of violent mayhem on film render Suspiria an almost perfect slasher. That is until any of the characters open their mouths and vomit exposition or wordy nonsense over the audience. Suspiria is a film thats failings are evident only when you feel its footing become unconfident.
The plotting of the films incredibly simple story (student finds her teachers are witches) almost seems…
